[games_access] GDC 2009: One Proposal Moves to Phase Two

[d. michelle hinn]

Following up -- finally! Had a few hospital days!

Arcade is out for good. And we have an IGDA 
session but it's to be a "meet and greet" without 
structure or demos...fun!

I'm asking GDC to see if there are discount 
passes that they might make available for a few 
of us that we could make get Adobe or RedBull to 
pick up...

As for criteria we failed on...we will never 
know. I have the feeling they see accessibility 
now that they are a presentation company and not 
an industry company as a "one pass/one talk" is 
more than enough subject (if they only knew!). 
And last year we did EVERYTHING RIGHT! Our 
session was amazing. To not be able to do arcade 
again really hurts!

Michelle

>Hi Michelle,
>
>That's bad news, although not the end of the world :)
>
>I have a hard time understanding what criteria 
>we failed on; now that's life, just wished they 
>could indicate what.
>
>However, regarding passes I do have some 
>understanding about giving away passes; although 
>GDC has been generous in the past it is also 
>quite unique as at other conferences I have 
>presented at (e.g CGAT, Singapore) I still had 
>to pay for a full pass.
>
>I hope the Arcade session stays in (including 
>some passes), and we have Adobe and Redbull to 
>follow up on
>
>Kind regards
>Thomas
>
>On 3 okt 2008, at 06.24, d. michelle hinn wrote:
>
>>Dear All,
>>
>>Unfortunately, the GDC advisory board did not 
>>share our enthusiasm about last year's 
>>Accessibility Arcade and it -- and 5 other 
>>proposals -- were rejected.
>>
>>However, we did have one proposal -- 
>>Accessibility 101 -- accepted to move to "phase 
>>two" -- which does not mean we're in...we are 
>>just now invited to submit further information 
>>to them, including a draft of the slides for 
>>the session. I attached the requirements to the 
>>end of this email. This is a new process and I 
>>don't know what the likelihood of moving 
>>forward is but I'm assuming that because they 
>>get into specific requests ("color blindness") 
>>that there is a good chance that the session 
>>will move on if their directives are followed.
>>
>>There is a further catch...there can be only 
>>one presenter. Yes, this is crazy given how 
>>this talk has been traditionally run. I will 
>>appeal this request.
>>
>>I don't know if the IGDA gets ANY sessions this 
>>year but we now have to see if we can get 
>>"Arcade" saved through that process. I will 
>>keep you up to date on this as soon as I hear 
>>more.
>>
>>The next question? Passes. At this point we 
>>have exactly one pass. I am hoping to increase 
>>this through multiple ways, including corporate 
>>sponsorship to purchase more. If we get an IGDA 
>>session this will give us more but I don't know 
>>how many more.
>>
>>So...I need to know this -- who exactly is 
>>planning on attending GDC (and at this point 
>>you need to be almost 100% sure)? This will 
>>help me figure out how to get more of us in 
>>attendance. We will then, together, figure out 
>>who the passes will go to in what order.
>>
>>Please email me offlist (hinn at uiuc.edu) if you 
>>were planning on participating at GDC 2009 so I 
>>can get an accurate headcount.
>>
>>Frustrated...
>>Michelle
>>
>>-----
>>
>>I'm the content manager for the upcoming GDC 
>>2009 and I'm following up on the status of your 
>>submission, "Accessibility 101: Crash Course 
>>for Beginners." The GDC Advisory Board has 
>>conditionally accepted your proposal and are 
>>now requesting further information to make a 
>>final decision.
>>
>>The advisors like the topic of your talk but 
>>would like to have one presenter deliver the 
>>lecture. Please decide who the presenter will 
>>be, I assume it will be you. We will also need 
>>you to prepare the full PPT presentation and 
>>cover color blindness in your speech. The 
>>slides will need to be as final as possible for 
>>us to gauge the value of the content being 
>>offered to the veteran developer in attendance. 
>>In addition, please prepare the following as 
>>part of your submission:
>>
>>·         100-word description
>>·         50-word concise description for use 
>>on the show guide (a condensed version of the 
>>100-word description)
>>·         100-word max for the takeaway
>>·         100-word max for the intended audience
>>
>>Your slides and outline will be due no later 
>>than Nov. 3 for phase III review. By 
>>mid-October, I'll provide you a unique link 
>>that will log you back in to the submission 
>>form so you may submit the requested 
>>information. The advisory board will then 
>>review the material and make a decision. I'll 
>>notify you on the status of your proposal in 
>>early December.
>>
>>In the meantime, please begin working on your 
>>abstract and if you have any questions, feel 
>>free to contact me.
>>
>>Best,
>>Evelyn
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